Selous Game Reserve World Heritage Site

Official name

Selous Game Reserve | UNESCO

Country

Tanzania | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

Coast, Morogoro, Lindi, Mtwara and Ruvuma Regions
-9.0000° Lat, 37.4000° Lon | Map

Code

199

Time Zone

Africa/Dar_es_Salaam (EAT, +0300)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1982. Large numbers of elephants, black rhinoceroses, cheetahs, giraffes, hippopotamuses and crocodiles live in this immense sanctuary, which measures 50,000 km 2 and is relatively undisturbed by human impact. The park has a variety of vegetation zones, ranging from dense thickets to open wooded grasslands.